AC Milan have made some moves on the mercato this summer, such as redeeming Alessandro Florenzi and bringing in Divock Origi, giving us a picture of how the XI could look. Down below, we take a look at exactly that.
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While the starting XI isn’t expected to change that much compared to last season, seeing as that team won the Scudetto, there will be a few improvements here and there. Based on the business made already, and the expected one, we can get a pretty good picture of how Milan will look.
The defence will remain the same, by the looks of it, as Pierre Kalulu has cemented his spot alongside Fikayo Tomori. Of course, Simon Kjaer will have a say in the matter and the same goes for a potential signing, but they won’t change the pecking order for now.
In the midfield tandem, Sandro Tonali and Ismael Bennacer are currently the starters and it’s certainly a good duo. However, the potential arrival of Renato Sanches could change this and the player at risk is Bennacer, who didn’t impress as much as Tonali this past season.
The attack will be the hardest puzzle to solve for Pioli, given the many options he has. One would have to assume that he will play Charles De Ketelaere as the No.10, but the recent displays of Yacine Adli hint that there could be a different solution. In fact, CDK could be used to the right.
Obviously, a lot will depend on the mercato (Ziyech rumours mainly) and also the recovery of Divock Origi. The latter will compete with Olivier Giroud, who has been on fire this pre-season and remains the first choice for the attacking role. The potential XI, therefore, is as follows.
Milan (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Calabria, Kalulu, Tomori, Hernandez; Tonali, Sanches (Bennacer); De Ketelaere, Adli, Leao; Giroud.
It should be noted that Milan will have many games this season and thus there will indeed be rotation. The selections for the starting XI will not be ‘worth’ as much as they were last season, therefore.
